Will County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Mokena, IL
Rain in Mokena adds up to about 42 inches in a normal year, with about 10 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 26,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00116616, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Mokena ranks near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (9.8 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1996). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 20).
When to clean gutters in Mokena
The first fall frost comes around October 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 23 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Mokena rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Mokena the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.18 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,000 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,010, by the rule in the Copper Development Association’s design handbook. Try your own roof in the gutter and downspout calculator, which starts from this figure.
The houses in Mokena
Half the homes in Mokena were built by 1996, 21% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
91% of households own their home, and 73% of homes are detached houses, 16% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Illinois
Ask any contractor working in Mokena what Illinois requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Mokena
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1996, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: